Mine detail: Axehandle Mine

Previously called 'Axhandle Butte Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.74623, -120.65942

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony, Arsenic, Gold
Other material: Cinnabar, Gypsum, Marcasite
Discovery year: 1936

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1937

Geology

References

MRDSM060846
MAS410310002
DEP10128267
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 969-E, 1951, P. 142.}{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 124.}{Deposit:: DOGAMI MLR 16-0029}
ReporterWestern Field Operations Center (WFOC)